Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" and as the founder of social medicine, and to his colleagues, the "Pope of medicine".
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Świdwin
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinUniversity of Würzburg
- Awards
- 🏆 Copley Medal🏆 Order of Olga🏆 Cothenius Medal
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Robert Froriep🎓 Johannes Peter Müller
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Robert Koch
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Trending topics shown first"Cellular pathology is not an end if one cannot see any alteration in the cell. Chemistry brings the clarification of living processes nearer than does anatomy. Each anatomical change must have been pr…"
"For if medicine is really to accomplish its great task, it must intervene in political and social life. It must point out the hindrances that impede the normal social functioning of vital processes, a…"
"Medical statistics will be our standard of measurement: we will weigh life for life and see where the dead lie thicker, among the workers or among the privileged."
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Timeline
1821
Born
Birth1902
Died
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